Antonio Conte responds to Diego Costa's claim he doesn't 'have sex at home'

Napoli boss Antonio Conte has been speaking to the media ahead of the Italian side's Champions League showdown with Chelsea on Wednesday evening

Antonio Conte has responded to Diego Costa's scathing comments about the former Chelsea head coach.

Costa worked with Conte for one season at Stamford Bridge and together they helped Chelsea win their most recent Premier League title. Costa, though, has spoken out in the past about how Conte, now the head coach of Napoli, was a big part of the reason he left Chelsea.

Speaking on John Obi Mikel's podcast last week, Costa delivered a scathing verdict on Conte: "I sent [Conte]: 'Boss, I want to know if you will count on me next season.' He replied: 'Diego, thank you for everything you have done, but I'm not counting on you.'"

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"He waited for a moment like that," Costa continued. "He had the fans on his side too. "So I forwarded this message to Marina [Granovskaia], I sent the message to Marina and she immediately told me what he did could not be done.

"Look, Conte's OK as a professional coach. But as a person, he's the worst thing you can have on a daily basis. It's very bad. He's a person who doesn't trust others, he thinks he knows everything. You don't enjoy training with him. He's always angry, always with a long face. He probably doesn't have sex at home because he's a very bitter guy.

"It's a shame because I was very happy in Chelsea, but I did not want to cause a problem at the club. If I came back, the players wanted me to come back but nobody liked him. That's why he didn't last long.

"The past is the past. It's a shame, the titles he won at Chelsea, he won it with me. I wish him all the best in his life."

Conte has issued his response, when asked by football.london in Napoli's pre-match press conference ahead of their Champions League clash with Chelsea: "Honestly I'm not a person to lose energy reading what the people say in the paper. I know very well that around football, there are intelligent people, clever people and stupid people, so I don't lose my time to spend my time to read intelligent people or stupid people.

"Diego Costa played with me one season, so I can talk about the football. I think we won together the league and he wanted to go away three times the same season. I know this. After Chelsea, I don't know what happened to him."